Nile
About Nile
Water names are a cool category these days, and this one of the famous Egyptian river is no exception. It streamlines the fussier Niles and also may be thought of as a color name, meaning dark blue or indigo.
Nile is also related to Niall, the Irish Gaelic form of Neal/Neil.
Nile was actually used enough to make it onto the Top 1000 a couple of times around the turn of the last century.
Pronounced NYL.
As of October 2026, Nile ranked #1848 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #950 in 1896, Nameberry popularity #945.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,992 | 72 | 37.5 |
| 2015 | #2,341 | 56 | 29.2 |
| 2016 | #1,855 | 81 | 42.7 |
| 2017 | #2,288 | 58 | 31.3 |
| 2018 | #1,970 | 75 | 41.3 |
| 2019 | #1,971 | 75 | 41.8 |
| 2020 | #1,773 | 86 | 49.8 |
| 2021 | #1,420 | 129 | 73.7 |
| 2022 | #1,607 | 109 | 62.4 |
| 2023 | #1,770 | 92 | 53.8 |
| 2024 | #1,943 | 81 | 47 |
| 2025 | #1,848 | 86 | 50.3 |
World rankings
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Nile on lists
Famous Niles
- Nile Gregory Rodgers
Jr., American singer and guitarist of band Chic
- Nile Clarke Kinnick
American college football player
- Nile Ranger
English footballer
- Nile Bart
Williams, son of singers Ayo & Patrice Bart,Williams
- Nile Wilson
Olympic gymnast
Nile in pop culture
- Nile Dok
character from "Attack on Titan"
- Nile
river in Egypt